From 18cdb1a99e51b75003272b745e148e14d284947f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sven Rebhan <36194019+srebhan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 15:32:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore(serializers)!: Remove old-style creation (#15971)

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                  |   4 +
 config/config.go                              |   9 -
 config/config_test.go                         | 125 --------------
 models/running_serializer.go                  |   5 +-
 plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp.go                  |   5 +-
 .../azure_data_explorer.go                    |   3 +-
 plugins/outputs/cloud_pubsub/cloud_pubsub.go  |   5 +-
 plugins/outputs/event_hubs/event_hubs.go      |   5 +-
 plugins/outputs/exec/exec.go                  |   5 +-
 plugins/outputs/execd/execd.go                |   5 +-
 plugins/outputs/file/file.go                  |   5 +-
 plugins/outputs/http/http.go                  |   5 +-
 plugins/outputs/http/http_test.go             |   3 +-
 plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go                |   5 +-
 plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go            |   5 +-
 plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis_test.go       |  13 +-
 plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt.go                  |   5 +-
 plugins/outputs/nats/nats.go                  |   5 +-
 plugins/outputs/nsq/nsq.go                    |   5 +-
 .../outputs/socket_writer/socket_writer.go    |   9 +-
 .../socket_writer/socket_writer_test.go       |  12 +-
 plugins/outputs/stomp/stomp.go                |   5 +-
 plugins/outputs/sumologic/sumologic.go        |   7 +-
 plugins/outputs/websocket/websocket.go        |   5 +-
 plugins/processors/execd/execd.go             |   3 +-
 plugins/serializers/binary/binary.go          |   2 +-
 plugins/serializers/carbon2/carbon2.go        |  10 +-
 .../serializers/cloudevents/cloudevents.go    |   2 +-
 plugins/serializers/csv/csv.go                |  12 +-
 plugins/serializers/graphite/graphite.go      |  14 +-
 plugins/serializers/influx/influx.go          |  11 +-
 plugins/serializers/json/json.go              |  13 +-
 plugins/serializers/msgpack/msgpack.go        |   7 +-
 plugins/serializers/nowmetric/nowmetric.go    |   7 +-
 plugins/serializers/prometheus/prometheus.go  |  12 +-
 .../prometheusremotewrite.go                  |  10 +-
 plugins/serializers/registry.go               | 163 +-----------------
 .../serializers/splunkmetric/splunkmetric.go  |  11 +-
 plugins/serializers/template/template.go      |   2 +-
 plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront.go    |  12 +-
 40 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 483 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32648b4f5..ceae796d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@
   delivery state update of un-parseable messages from `ACK` to `NACK` without
   requeueing. This way, those messages are not lost and can optionally be
   handled using a dead-letter exchange by other means.
+- Removal of old-style serializer creation. This should not directly affect
+  users as it is an API change. All serializers in Telegraf are already ported
+  to the new framework. If you experience any issues with not being able to
+  create serializers let us know!
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index d80033a60..3ae202531 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -1212,15 +1212,6 @@ func (c *Config) addOutput(name string, table *ast.Table) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		t.SetSerializer(serializer)
-	} else if t, ok := output.(serializers.SerializerOutput); ok {
-		// Keep the old interface for backward compatibility
-		// DEPRECATED: Please switch your plugin to telegraf.Serializers
-		missThreshold = 1
-		serializer, err := c.addSerializer(name, table)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		t.SetSerializer(serializer)
 	}
 
 	if t, ok := output.(telegraf.SerializerFuncPlugin); ok {
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index 7af2a790a..ace97545d 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -630,7 +630,6 @@ func TestConfig_SerializerInterfaceNewFormat(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, c.LoadConfig("./testdata/serializers_new.toml"))
 	require.Len(t, c.Outputs, len(formats))
 
-	cfg := serializers.Config{}
 	override := map[string]struct {
 		param map[string]interface{}
 		mask  []string
@@ -638,20 +637,12 @@ func TestConfig_SerializerInterfaceNewFormat(t *testing.T) {
 
 	expected := make([]telegraf.Serializer, 0, len(formats))
 	for _, format := range formats {
-		formatCfg := &cfg
-		formatCfg.DataFormat = format
-
 		logger := logging.New("serializers", format, "test")
 
 		var serializer telegraf.Serializer
 		if creator, found := serializers.Serializers[format]; found {
 			t.Logf("new-style %q", format)
 			serializer = creator()
-		} else {
-			t.Logf("old-style %q", format)
-			var err error
-			serializer, err = serializers.NewSerializer(formatCfg)
-			require.NoErrorf(t, err, "No serializer for format %q", format)
 		}
 
 		if settings, found := override[format]; found {
@@ -703,98 +694,6 @@ func TestConfig_SerializerInterfaceNewFormat(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestConfig_SerializerInterfaceOldFormat(t *testing.T) {
-	formats := []string{
-		"carbon2",
-		"csv",
-		"graphite",
-		"influx",
-		"json",
-		"msgpack",
-		"nowmetric",
-		"prometheus",
-		"prometheusremotewrite",
-		"splunkmetric",
-		"wavefront",
-	}
-
-	c := config.NewConfig()
-	require.NoError(t, c.LoadConfig("./testdata/serializers_old.toml"))
-	require.Len(t, c.Outputs, len(formats))
-
-	cfg := serializers.Config{}
-	override := map[string]struct {
-		param map[string]interface{}
-		mask  []string
-	}{}
-
-	expected := make([]telegraf.Serializer, 0, len(formats))
-	for _, format := range formats {
-		formatCfg := &cfg
-		formatCfg.DataFormat = format
-
-		logger := logging.New("serializers", format, "test")
-
-		var serializer serializers.Serializer
-		if creator, found := serializers.Serializers[format]; found {
-			t.Logf("new-style %q", format)
-			serializer = creator()
-		} else {
-			t.Logf("old-style %q", format)
-			var err error
-			serializer, err = serializers.NewSerializer(formatCfg)
-			require.NoErrorf(t, err, "No serializer for format %q", format)
-		}
-
-		if settings, found := override[format]; found {
-			s := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(serializer))
-			for key, value := range settings.param {
-				v := reflect.ValueOf(value)
-				s.FieldByName(key).Set(v)
-			}
-		}
-		models.SetLoggerOnPlugin(serializer, logger)
-		if s, ok := serializer.(telegraf.Initializer); ok {
-			require.NoError(t, s.Init())
-		}
-		expected = append(expected, serializer)
-	}
-	require.Len(t, expected, len(formats))
-
-	actual := make([]interface{}, 0)
-	for _, plugin := range c.Outputs {
-		output, ok := plugin.Output.(*MockupOutputPluginSerializerOld)
-		require.True(t, ok)
-		// Get the parser set with 'SetParser()'
-		if p, ok := output.Serializer.(*models.RunningSerializer); ok {
-			actual = append(actual, p.Serializer)
-		} else {
-			actual = append(actual, output.Serializer)
-		}
-	}
-	require.Len(t, actual, len(formats))
-
-	for i, format := range formats {
-		// Determine the underlying type of the serializer
-		stype := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(expected[i])).Interface()
-		// Ignore all unexported fields and fields not relevant for functionality
-		options := []cmp.Option{
-			cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(stype),
-			cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(serializers_prometheus.MetricTypes{})).Interface()),
-			cmpopts.IgnoreTypes(sync.Mutex{}, regexp.Regexp{}),
-			cmpopts.IgnoreInterfaces(struct{ telegraf.Logger }{}),
-		}
-		if settings, found := override[format]; found {
-			options = append(options, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(stype, settings.mask...))
-		}
-
-		// Do a manual comparison as require.EqualValues will also work on unexported fields
-		// that cannot be cleared or ignored.
-		diff := cmp.Diff(expected[i], actual[i], options...)
-		require.Emptyf(t, diff, "Difference in SetSerializer() for %q", format)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestConfig_ParserInterface(t *testing.T) {
 	formats := []string{
 		"collectd",
@@ -1503,27 +1402,6 @@ func (m *MockupOutputPlugin) Write(_ []telegraf.Metric) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Mockup OUTPUT plugin for serializer testing to avoid cyclic dependencies
-type MockupOutputPluginSerializerOld struct {
-	Serializer serializers.Serializer
-}
-
-func (m *MockupOutputPluginSerializerOld) SetSerializer(s serializers.Serializer) {
-	m.Serializer = s
-}
-func (*MockupOutputPluginSerializerOld) Connect() error {
-	return nil
-}
-func (*MockupOutputPluginSerializerOld) Close() error {
-	return nil
-}
-func (*MockupOutputPluginSerializerOld) SampleConfig() string {
-	return "Mockup test output plugin"
-}
-func (*MockupOutputPluginSerializerOld) Write(_ []telegraf.Metric) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 type MockupOutputPluginSerializerNew struct {
 	Serializer telegraf.Serializer
 }
@@ -1662,7 +1540,4 @@ func init() {
 	outputs.Add("serializer_test_new", func() telegraf.Output {
 		return &MockupOutputPluginSerializerNew{}
 	})
-	outputs.Add("serializer_test_old", func() telegraf.Output {
-		return &MockupOutputPluginSerializerOld{}
-	})
 }
diff --git a/models/running_serializer.go b/models/running_serializer.go
index d7d021795..e2efa0092 100644
--- a/models/running_serializer.go
+++ b/models/running_serializer.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	logging "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/logger"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/selfstat"
 )
 
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ type SerializerConfig struct {
 }
 
 type RunningSerializer struct {
-	Serializer serializers.Serializer
+	Serializer telegraf.Serializer
 	Config     *SerializerConfig
 	log        telegraf.Logger
 
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ type RunningSerializer struct {
 	SerializationTime selfstat.Stat
 }
 
-func NewRunningSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer, config *SerializerConfig) *RunningSerializer {
+func NewRunningSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer, config *SerializerConfig) *RunningSerializer {
 	tags := map[string]string{"type": config.DataFormat}
 	if config.Alias != "" {
 		tags["alias"] = config.Alias
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp.go b/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp.go
index b41fe32a2..4270027bf 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/proxy"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/tls"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ type AMQP struct {
 	tls.ClientConfig
 	proxy.TCPProxy
 
-	serializer   serializers.Serializer
+	serializer   telegraf.Serializer
 	connect      func(*ClientConfig) (Client, error)
 	client       Client
 	config       *ClientConfig
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ func (*AMQP) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (q *AMQP) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
+func (q *AMQP) SetSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer) {
 	q.serializer = serializer
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/azure_data_explorer/azure_data_explorer.go b/plugins/outputs/azure_data_explorer/azure_data_explorer.go
index c89e56f9c..1c6cf4f1e 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/azure_data_explorer/azure_data_explorer.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/azure_data_explorer/azure_data_explorer.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/choice"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/json"
 )
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ type AzureDataExplorer struct {
 	TableName       string          `toml:"table_name"`
 	CreateTables    bool            `toml:"create_tables"`
 	IngestionType   string          `toml:"ingestion_type"`
-	serializer      serializers.Serializer
+	serializer      telegraf.Serializer
 	kustoClient     *kusto.Client
 	metricIngestors map[string]ingest.Ingestor
 }
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/cloud_pubsub/cloud_pubsub.go b/plugins/outputs/cloud_pubsub/cloud_pubsub.go
index 259ff37b6..263a57f98 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/cloud_pubsub/cloud_pubsub.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/cloud_pubsub/cloud_pubsub.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ type PubSub struct {
 
 	stubTopic func(id string) topic
 
-	serializer     serializers.Serializer
+	serializer     telegraf.Serializer
 	publishResults []publishResult
 	encoder        internal.ContentEncoder
 }
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ func (*PubSub) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (ps *PubSub) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
+func (ps *PubSub) SetSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer) {
 	ps.serializer = serializer
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/event_hubs/event_hubs.go b/plugins/outputs/event_hubs/event_hubs.go
index f7e0695ef..a5d0b6861 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/event_hubs/event_hubs.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/event_hubs/event_hubs.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ type EventHubs struct {
 
 	Hub          EventHubInterface
 	batchOptions []eventhub.BatchOption
-	serializer   serializers.Serializer
+	serializer   telegraf.Serializer
 }
 
 const (
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ func (e *EventHubs) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (e *EventHubs) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
+func (e *EventHubs) SetSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer) {
 	e.serializer = serializer
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/exec/exec.go b/plugins/outputs/exec/exec.go
index 08fed06e8..350c7357c 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/exec/exec.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/exec/exec.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ type Exec struct {
 	Log            telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 
 	runner     Runner
-	serializer serializers.Serializer
+	serializer telegraf.Serializer
 }
 
 func (*Exec) SampleConfig() string {
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ func (e *Exec) Init() error {
 }
 
 // SetSerializer sets the serializer for the output.
-func (e *Exec) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
+func (e *Exec) SetSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer) {
 	e.serializer = serializer
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/execd/execd.go b/plugins/outputs/execd/execd.go
index f764d142e..f76aaee76 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/execd/execd.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/execd/execd.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/process"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -29,14 +28,14 @@ type Execd struct {
 	Log                      telegraf.Logger
 
 	process    *process.Process
-	serializer serializers.Serializer
+	serializer telegraf.Serializer
 }
 
 func (*Execd) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (e *Execd) SetSerializer(s serializers.Serializer) {
+func (e *Execd) SetSerializer(s telegraf.Serializer) {
 	e.serializer = s
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/file/file.go b/plugins/outputs/file/file.go
index b005026c9..8987a5441 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/file/file.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/file/file.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/rotate"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -32,14 +31,14 @@ type File struct {
 	encoder    internal.ContentEncoder
 	writer     io.Writer
 	closers    []io.Closer
-	serializer serializers.Serializer
+	serializer telegraf.Serializer
 }
 
 func (*File) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (f *File) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
+func (f *File) SetSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer) {
 	f.serializer = serializer
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/http/http.go b/plugins/outputs/http/http.go
index 306353513..59d6f3d06 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/http/http.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/http/http.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	common_aws "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/aws"
 	common_http "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/http"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ type HTTP struct {
 	Log telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 
 	client     *http.Client
-	serializer serializers.Serializer
+	serializer telegraf.Serializer
 
 	awsCfg *aws.Config
 	common_aws.CredentialConfig
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ func (*HTTP) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (h *HTTP) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
+func (h *HTTP) SetSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer) {
 	h.serializer = serializer
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/http/http_test.go b/plugins/outputs/http/http_test.go
index 52ca1cd29..0bba3b23d 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/http/http_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/http/http_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	common_aws "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/aws"
 	common_http "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/http"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/oauth"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/influx"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/json"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
@@ -735,7 +734,7 @@ func TestBatchedUnbatched(t *testing.T) {
 	jsonSerializer := &json.Serializer{}
 	require.NoError(t, jsonSerializer.Init())
 
-	s := map[string]serializers.Serializer{
+	s := map[string]telegraf.Serializer{
 		"influx": influxSerializer,
 		"json":   jsonSerializer,
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go b/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go
index 13e3de3b8..cec722cd1 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/kafka"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/proxy"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ type Kafka struct {
 	producerFunc func(addrs []string, config *sarama.Config) (sarama.SyncProducer, error)
 	producer     sarama.SyncProducer
 
-	serializer serializers.Serializer
+	serializer telegraf.Serializer
 }
 
 type TopicSuffix struct {
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ func (k *Kafka) GetTopicName(metric telegraf.Metric) (telegraf.Metric, string) {
 	return metric, topicName
 }
 
-func (k *Kafka) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
+func (k *Kafka) SetSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer) {
 	k.serializer = serializer
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go b/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go
index b8306efea..73c38e8a8 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	common_aws "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/aws"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ type (
 		Debug              bool       `toml:"debug"`
 
 		Log        telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
-		serializer serializers.Serializer
+		serializer telegraf.Serializer
 		svc        kinesisClient
 
 		common_aws.CredentialConfig
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ func (k *KinesisOutput) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (k *KinesisOutput) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
+func (k *KinesisOutput) SetSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer) {
 	k.serializer = serializer
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis_test.go b/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis_test.go
index 00f7f73c6..acc15d673 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/influx"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 )
@@ -566,11 +565,7 @@ func (m *mockKinesisPutRecords) AssertRequests(
 	}
 }
 
-func createTestMetric(
-	t *testing.T,
-	name string,
-	serializer serializers.Serializer,
-) (telegraf.Metric, []byte) {
+func createTestMetric(t *testing.T, name string, serializer telegraf.Serializer) (telegraf.Metric, []byte) {
 	metric := testutil.TestMetric(1, name)
 
 	data, err := serializer.Serialize(metric)
@@ -579,11 +574,7 @@ func createTestMetric(
 	return metric, data
 }
 
-func createTestMetrics(
-	t *testing.T,
-	count uint32,
-	serializer serializers.Serializer,
-) ([]telegraf.Metric, [][]byte) {
+func createTestMetrics(t *testing.T, count uint32, serializer telegraf.Serializer) ([]telegraf.Metric, [][]byte) {
 	metrics := make([]telegraf.Metric, 0, count)
 	metricsData := make([][]byte, 0, count)
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt.go b/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt.go
index df57c4414..9e710c846 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/mqtt"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ type MQTT struct {
 	mqtt.MqttConfig
 
 	client     mqtt.Client
-	serializer serializers.Serializer
+	serializer telegraf.Serializer
 	generator  *TopicNameGenerator
 
 	homieDeviceNameGenerator *HomieGenerator
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ func (m *MQTT) Connect() error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func (m *MQTT) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
+func (m *MQTT) SetSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer) {
 	m.serializer = serializer
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/nats/nats.go b/plugins/outputs/nats/nats.go
index ace7901fd..d00598d75 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/nats/nats.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/nats/nats.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/choice"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/tls"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ type NATS struct {
 	conn                  *nats.Conn
 	jetstreamClient       jetstream.JetStream
 	jetstreamStreamConfig *jetstream.StreamConfig
-	serializer            serializers.Serializer
+	serializer            telegraf.Serializer
 }
 
 // StreamConfig is the configuration for creating stream
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ func (*NATS) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (n *NATS) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
+func (n *NATS) SetSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer) {
 	n.serializer = serializer
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/nsq/nsq.go b/plugins/outputs/nsq/nsq.go
index 2c771b191..ee66d7f4e 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/nsq/nsq.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/nsq/nsq.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -21,14 +20,14 @@ type NSQ struct {
 	Log    telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 
 	producer   *nsq.Producer
-	serializer serializers.Serializer
+	serializer telegraf.Serializer
 }
 
 func (*NSQ) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (n *NSQ) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
+func (n *NSQ) SetSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer) {
 	n.serializer = serializer
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/socket_writer/socket_writer.go b/plugins/outputs/socket_writer/socket_writer.go
index b2aec04b9..26e7ce60d 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/socket_writer/socket_writer.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/socket_writer/socket_writer.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	common_tls "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/tls"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ type SocketWriter struct {
 	common_tls.ClientConfig
 	Log telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 
-	serializers.Serializer
+	serializer telegraf.Serializer
 
 	encoder internal.ContentEncoder
 
@@ -43,8 +42,8 @@ func (*SocketWriter) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (sw *SocketWriter) SetSerializer(s serializers.Serializer) {
-	sw.Serializer = s
+func (sw *SocketWriter) SetSerializer(s telegraf.Serializer) {
+	sw.serializer = s
 }
 
 func (sw *SocketWriter) Connect() error {
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ func (sw *SocketWriter) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 	}
 
 	for _, m := range metrics {
-		bs, err := sw.Serialize(m)
+		bs, err := sw.serializer.Serialize(m)
 		if err != nil {
 			sw.Log.Debugf("Could not serialize metric: %v", err)
 			continue
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/socket_writer/socket_writer_test.go b/plugins/outputs/socket_writer/socket_writer_test.go
index 478d05a31..c2de7a62f 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/socket_writer/socket_writer_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/socket_writer/socket_writer_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func newSocketWriter(t *testing.T, addr string) *SocketWriter {
 	require.NoError(t, serializer.Init())
 	return &SocketWriter{
 		Address:    addr,
-		Serializer: serializer,
+		serializer: serializer,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ func TestSocketWriter_unixgram(t *testing.T) {
 
 func testSocketWriterStream(t *testing.T, sw *SocketWriter, lconn net.Conn) {
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{testutil.TestMetric(1, "test")}
-	mbs1out, err := sw.Serialize(metrics[0])
+	mbs1out, err := sw.serializer.Serialize(metrics[0])
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	mbs1out, err = sw.encoder.Encode(mbs1out)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	metrics = append(metrics, testutil.TestMetric(2, "test"))
-	mbs2out, err := sw.Serialize(metrics[1])
+	mbs2out, err := sw.serializer.Serialize(metrics[1])
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	mbs2out, err = sw.encoder.Encode(mbs2out)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ func testSocketWriterStream(t *testing.T, sw *SocketWriter, lconn net.Conn) {
 
 func testSocketWriterPacket(t *testing.T, sw *SocketWriter, lconn net.PacketConn) {
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{testutil.TestMetric(1, "test")}
-	mbs1out, err := sw.Serialize(metrics[0])
+	mbs1out, err := sw.serializer.Serialize(metrics[0])
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	mbs1out, err = sw.encoder.Encode(mbs1out)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	mbs1str := string(mbs1out)
 	metrics = append(metrics, testutil.TestMetric(2, "test"))
-	mbs2out, err := sw.Serialize(metrics[1])
+	mbs2out, err := sw.serializer.Serialize(metrics[1])
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	mbs2out, err = sw.encoder.Encode(mbs2out)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func TestSocketWriter_Write_reconnect(t *testing.T) {
 	wg.Wait()
 	require.NoError(t, lerr)
 
-	mbsout, err := sw.Serialize(metrics[0])
+	mbsout, err := sw.serializer.Serialize(metrics[0])
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	buf := make([]byte, 256)
 	n, err := lconn.Read(buf)
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/stomp/stomp.go b/plugins/outputs/stomp/stomp.go
index 7e12762d0..4433abee8 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/stomp/stomp.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/stomp/stomp.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	common_tls "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/tls"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ type STOMP struct {
 	conn  net.Conn
 	stomp *stomp.Conn
 
-	serialize serializers.Serializer
+	serialize telegraf.Serializer
 }
 
 func (q *STOMP) Connect() error {
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ func (q *STOMP) Connect() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (q *STOMP) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
+func (q *STOMP) SetSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer) {
 	q.serialize = serializer
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/sumologic/sumologic.go b/plugins/outputs/sumologic/sumologic.go
index 37e4798da..a01033fb3 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/sumologic/sumologic.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/sumologic/sumologic.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/models"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/carbon2"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/graphite"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/prometheus"
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ type SumoLogic struct {
 	Log telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 
 	client     *http.Client
-	serializer serializers.Serializer
+	serializer telegraf.Serializer
 
 	headers map[string]string
 }
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ func (*SumoLogic) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (s *SumoLogic) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
+func (s *SumoLogic) SetSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer) {
 	s.serializer = serializer
 }
 
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ func (s *SumoLogic) createClient() *http.Client {
 func (s *SumoLogic) Connect() error {
 	s.headers = make(map[string]string)
 
-	var serializer serializers.Serializer
+	var serializer telegraf.Serializer
 	if unwrapped, ok := s.serializer.(*models.RunningSerializer); ok {
 		serializer = unwrapped.Serializer
 	} else {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/websocket/websocket.go b/plugins/outputs/websocket/websocket.go
index f772c159c..c8767c592 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/websocket/websocket.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/websocket/websocket.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/proxy"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/tls"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ type WebSocket struct {
 	tls.ClientConfig
 
 	conn       *ws.Conn
-	serializer serializers.Serializer
+	serializer telegraf.Serializer
 }
 
 func (*WebSocket) SampleConfig() string {
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ func (*WebSocket) SampleConfig() string {
 }
 
 // SetSerializer implements serializers.SerializerOutput.
-func (w *WebSocket) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
+func (w *WebSocket) SetSerializer(serializer telegraf.Serializer) {
 	w.serializer = serializer
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/processors/execd/execd.go b/plugins/processors/execd/execd.go
index 0407226f9..481ffd35f 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/execd/execd.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/execd/execd.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/process"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/influx"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 //go:embed sample.conf
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ type Execd struct {
 	Log          telegraf.Logger
 
 	parser     telegraf.Parser
-	serializer serializers.Serializer
+	serializer telegraf.Serializer
 	acc        telegraf.Accumulator
 	process    *process.Process
 }
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/binary/binary.go b/plugins/serializers/binary/binary.go
index 754a1b171..ce4148813 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/binary/binary.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/binary/binary.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (s *Serializer) SerializeBatch(metrics []telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error) {
 
 func init() {
 	serializers.Add("binary",
-		func() serializers.Serializer {
+		func() telegraf.Serializer {
 			return &Serializer{}
 		},
 	)
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/carbon2/carbon2.go b/plugins/serializers/carbon2/carbon2.go
index 5bd3c2503..827301fa7 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/carbon2/carbon2.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/carbon2/carbon2.go
@@ -112,16 +112,8 @@ func (s *Serializer) createObject(metric telegraf.Metric) []byte {
 
 func init() {
 	serializers.Add("carbon2",
-		func() serializers.Serializer {
+		func() telegraf.Serializer {
 			return &Serializer{}
 		},
 	)
 }
-
-// InitFromConfig is a compatibility function to construct the parser the old way
-func (s *Serializer) InitFromConfig(cfg *serializers.Config) error {
-	s.Format = cfg.Carbon2Format
-	s.SanitizeReplaceChar = cfg.Carbon2SanitizeReplaceChar
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/cloudevents/cloudevents.go b/plugins/serializers/cloudevents/cloudevents.go
index 0112d9fe4..a5dc2dcc5 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/cloudevents/cloudevents.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/cloudevents/cloudevents.go
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func (s *Serializer) createEvent(m telegraf.Metric) (*cloudevents.Event, error)
 
 func init() {
 	serializers.Add("cloudevents",
-		func() serializers.Serializer {
+		func() telegraf.Serializer {
 			return &Serializer{}
 		},
 	)
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/csv/csv.go b/plugins/serializers/csv/csv.go
index d9ba94f74..7931270f4 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/csv/csv.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/csv/csv.go
@@ -238,18 +238,8 @@ func (s *Serializer) writeDataOrdered(metric telegraf.Metric) error {
 
 func init() {
 	serializers.Add("csv",
-		func() serializers.Serializer {
+		func() telegraf.Serializer {
 			return &Serializer{}
 		},
 	)
 }
-
-// InitFromConfig is a compatibility function to construct the parser the old way
-func (s *Serializer) InitFromConfig(cfg *serializers.Config) error {
-	s.TimestampFormat = cfg.TimestampFormat
-	s.Separator = cfg.CSVSeparator
-	s.Header = cfg.CSVHeader
-	s.Prefix = cfg.CSVPrefix
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/graphite/graphite.go b/plugins/serializers/graphite/graphite.go
index cb84ae47f..60dc31827 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/graphite/graphite.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/graphite/graphite.go
@@ -355,20 +355,8 @@ func compatibleSanitize(name, value string) string {
 
 func init() {
 	serializers.Add("graphite",
-		func() serializers.Serializer {
+		func() telegraf.Serializer {
 			return &GraphiteSerializer{}
 		},
 	)
 }
-
-// InitFromConfig is a compatibility function to construct the parser the old way
-func (s *GraphiteSerializer) InitFromConfig(cfg *serializers.Config) error {
-	s.Prefix = cfg.Prefix
-	s.Templates = cfg.Templates
-	s.StrictRegex = cfg.GraphiteStrictRegex
-	s.TagSupport = cfg.GraphiteTagSupport
-	s.TagSanitizeMode = cfg.GraphiteTagSanitizeMode
-	s.Separator = cfg.GraphiteSeparator
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/influx/influx.go b/plugins/serializers/influx/influx.go
index 191fa7e51..cfe7631a2 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/influx/influx.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/influx/influx.go
@@ -328,17 +328,8 @@ func appendStringField(buf []byte, value string) []byte {
 
 func init() {
 	serializers.Add("influx",
-		func() serializers.Serializer {
+		func() telegraf.Serializer {
 			return &Serializer{}
 		},
 	)
 }
-
-// InitFromConfig is a compatibility function to construct the parser the old way
-func (s *Serializer) InitFromConfig(cfg *serializers.Config) error {
-	s.MaxLineBytes = cfg.InfluxMaxLineBytes
-	s.SortFields = cfg.InfluxSortFields
-	s.UintSupport = cfg.InfluxUintSupport
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/json/json.go b/plugins/serializers/json/json.go
index e29308988..c91281868 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/json/json.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/json/json.go
@@ -162,19 +162,8 @@ func (s *Serializer) transform(obj interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 
 func init() {
 	serializers.Add("json",
-		func() serializers.Serializer {
+		func() telegraf.Serializer {
 			return &Serializer{}
 		},
 	)
 }
-
-// InitFromConfig is a compatibility function to construct the parser the old way
-func (s *Serializer) InitFromConfig(cfg *serializers.Config) error {
-	s.TimestampUnits = config.Duration(cfg.TimestampUnits)
-	s.TimestampFormat = cfg.TimestampFormat
-	s.Transformation = cfg.Transformation
-	s.NestedFieldsInclude = cfg.JSONNestedFieldInclude
-	s.NestedFieldsExclude = cfg.JSONNestedFieldExclude
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/msgpack/msgpack.go b/plugins/serializers/msgpack/msgpack.go
index fef37e7c0..a1bb7346f 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/msgpack/msgpack.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/msgpack/msgpack.go
@@ -40,13 +40,8 @@ func (s *Serializer) SerializeBatch(metrics []telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error) {
 
 func init() {
 	serializers.Add("msgpack",
-		func() serializers.Serializer {
+		func() telegraf.Serializer {
 			return &Serializer{}
 		},
 	)
 }
-
-// InitFromConfig is a compatibility function to construct the parser the old way
-func (s *Serializer) InitFromConfig(_ *serializers.Config) error {
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/nowmetric/nowmetric.go b/plugins/serializers/nowmetric/nowmetric.go
index fd2782959..d25e90276 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/nowmetric/nowmetric.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/nowmetric/nowmetric.go
@@ -130,13 +130,8 @@ func verifyValue(v interface{}) bool {
 
 func init() {
 	serializers.Add("nowmetric",
-		func() serializers.Serializer {
+		func() telegraf.Serializer {
 			return &Serializer{}
 		},
 	)
 }
-
-// InitFromConfig is a compatibility function to construct the parser the old way
-func (s *Serializer) InitFromConfig(_ *serializers.Config) error {
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/prometheus/prometheus.go b/plugins/serializers/prometheus/prometheus.go
index e2a7b34e8..21dc136c7 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -88,18 +88,8 @@ func (s *Serializer) SerializeBatch(metrics []telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error) {
 
 func init() {
 	serializers.Add("prometheus",
-		func() serializers.Serializer {
+		func() telegraf.Serializer {
 			return &Serializer{}
 		},
 	)
 }
-
-// InitFromConfig is a compatibility function to construct the parser the old way
-func (s *Serializer) InitFromConfig(cfg *serializers.Config) error {
-	s.FormatConfig.CompactEncoding = cfg.PrometheusCompactEncoding
-	s.FormatConfig.SortMetrics = cfg.PrometheusSortMetrics
-	s.FormatConfig.StringAsLabel = cfg.PrometheusStringAsLabel
-	s.FormatConfig.ExportTimestamp = cfg.PrometheusExportTimestamp
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/prometheusremotewrite/prometheusremotewrite.go b/plugins/serializers/prometheusremotewrite/prometheusremotewrite.go
index 3f281eaed..413f876cc 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/prometheusremotewrite/prometheusremotewrite.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/prometheusremotewrite/prometheusremotewrite.go
@@ -350,16 +350,8 @@ func (sl sortableLabels) Swap(i, j int) {
 
 func init() {
 	serializers.Add("prometheusremotewrite",
-		func() serializers.Serializer {
+		func() telegraf.Serializer {
 			return &Serializer{}
 		},
 	)
 }
-
-// InitFromConfig is a compatibility function to construct the parser the old way
-func (s *Serializer) InitFromConfig(cfg *serializers.Config) error {
-	s.SortMetrics = cfg.PrometheusSortMetrics
-	s.StringAsLabel = cfg.PrometheusStringAsLabel
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/registry.go b/plugins/serializers/registry.go
index 03b9e9d06..27881d04e 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/registry.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/registry.go
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 package serializers
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-)
+import "github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 
 // Creator is the function to create a new serializer
-type Creator func() Serializer
+type Creator func() telegraf.Serializer
 
 // Serializers contains the registry of all known serializers (following the new style)
 var Serializers = make(map[string]Creator)
@@ -17,157 +12,3 @@ var Serializers = make(map[string]Creator)
 func Add(name string, creator Creator) {
 	Serializers[name] = creator
 }
-
-// SerializerOutput is an interface for output plugins that are able to
-// serialize telegraf metrics into arbitrary data formats.
-type SerializerOutput interface {
-	// SetSerializer sets the serializer function for the interface.
-	SetSerializer(serializer Serializer)
-}
-
-// Serializer is an interface defining functions that a serializer plugin must
-// satisfy.
-//
-// Implementations of this interface should be reentrant but are not required
-// to be thread-safe.
-type Serializer interface {
-	// Serialize takes a single telegraf metric and turns it into a byte buffer.
-	// separate metrics should be separated by a newline, and there should be
-	// a newline at the end of the buffer.
-	//
-	// New plugins should use SerializeBatch instead to allow for non-line
-	// delimited metrics.
-	Serialize(metric telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error)
-
-	// SerializeBatch takes an array of telegraf metric and serializes it into
-	// a byte buffer.  This method is not required to be suitable for use with
-	// line oriented framing.
-	SerializeBatch(metrics []telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error)
-}
-
-// SerializerCompatibility is an interface for backward-compatible initialization of serializers
-type SerializerCompatibility interface {
-	// InitFromConfig sets the serializers internal variables from the old-style config
-	InitFromConfig(config *Config) error
-}
-
-// Config is a struct that covers the data types needed for all serializer types,
-// and can be used to instantiate _any_ of the serializers.
-type Config struct {
-	// DataFormat can be one of the serializer types listed in NewSerializer.
-	DataFormat string `toml:"data_format"`
-
-	// Carbon2 metric format.
-	Carbon2Format string `toml:"carbon2_format"`
-
-	// Character used for metric name sanitization in Carbon2.
-	Carbon2SanitizeReplaceChar string `toml:"carbon2_sanitize_replace_char"`
-
-	// Separator for CSV
-	CSVSeparator string `toml:"csv_separator"`
-
-	// Output a CSV header for naming the columns
-	CSVHeader bool `toml:"csv_header"`
-
-	// Prefix the tag and field columns for CSV format
-	CSVPrefix bool `toml:"csv_column_prefix"`
-
-	// Support tags in graphite protocol
-	GraphiteTagSupport bool `toml:"graphite_tag_support"`
-
-	// Support tags which follow the spec
-	GraphiteTagSanitizeMode string `toml:"graphite_tag_sanitize_mode"`
-
-	// Character for separating metric name and field for Graphite tags
-	GraphiteSeparator string `toml:"graphite_separator"`
-
-	// Regex string
-	GraphiteStrictRegex string `toml:"graphite_strict_sanitize_regex"`
-
-	// Maximum line length in bytes; influx format only
-	InfluxMaxLineBytes int `toml:"influx_max_line_bytes"`
-
-	// Sort field keys, set to true only when debugging as it less performant
-	// than unsorted fields; influx format only
-	InfluxSortFields bool `toml:"influx_sort_fields"`
-
-	// Support unsigned integer output; influx format only
-	InfluxUintSupport bool `toml:"influx_uint_support"`
-
-	// Omit timestamp from output; influx format only
-	InfluxOmitTimestamp bool `toml:"influx_omit_timestamp"`
-
-	// Prefix to add to all measurements, only supports Graphite
-	Prefix string `toml:"prefix"`
-
-	// Template for converting telegraf metrics into Graphite
-	// only supports Graphite
-	Template string `toml:"template"`
-
-	// Templates same Template, but multiple
-	Templates []string `toml:"templates"`
-
-	// Timestamp units to use for JSON formatted output
-	TimestampUnits time.Duration `toml:"timestamp_units"`
-
-	// Timestamp format to use for JSON and CSV formatted output
-	TimestampFormat string `toml:"timestamp_format"`
-
-	// Transformation as JSONata expression to use for JSON formatted output
-	Transformation string `toml:"transformation"`
-
-	// Field filter for interpreting data as nested JSON for JSON serializer
-	JSONNestedFieldInclude []string `toml:"json_nested_fields_include"`
-	JSONNestedFieldExclude []string `toml:"json_nested_fields_exclude"`
-
-	// Include HEC routing fields for splunkmetric output
-	HecRouting bool `toml:"hec_routing"`
-
-	// Enable Splunk MultiMetric output (Splunk 8.0+)
-	SplunkmetricMultiMetric bool `toml:"splunkmetric_multi_metric"`
-
-	// Omit the Splunk Event "metric" tag
-	SplunkmetricOmitEventTag bool `toml:"splunkmetric_omit_event_tag"`
-
-	// Point tags to use as the source name for Wavefront (if none found, host will be used).
-	WavefrontSourceOverride []string `toml:"wavefront_source_override"`
-
-	// Use Strict rules to sanitize metric and tag names from invalid characters for Wavefront
-	// When enabled forward slash (/) and comma (,) will be accepted
-	WavefrontUseStrict bool `toml:"wavefront_use_strict"`
-
-	// Convert "_" in prefixes to "." for Wavefront
-	WavefrontDisablePrefixConversion bool `toml:"wavefront_disable_prefix_conversion"`
-
-	// Include the metric timestamp on each sample.
-	PrometheusExportTimestamp bool `toml:"prometheus_export_timestamp"`
-
-	// Sort prometheus metric families and metric samples.  Useful for
-	// debugging.
-	PrometheusSortMetrics bool `toml:"prometheus_sort_metrics"`
-
-	// Output string fields as metric labels; when false string fields are
-	// discarded.
-	PrometheusStringAsLabel bool `toml:"prometheus_string_as_label"`
-
-	// Encode metrics without HELP metadata. This helps reduce the payload size.
-	PrometheusCompactEncoding bool `toml:"prometheus_compact_encoding"`
-}
-
-// NewSerializer a Serializer interface based on the given config.
-func NewSerializer(config *Config) (Serializer, error) {
-	creator, found := Serializers[config.DataFormat]
-	if !found {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid data format: %s", config.DataFormat)
-	}
-
-	// Try to create new-style serializers the old way...
-	serializer := creator()
-	p, ok := serializer.(SerializerCompatibility)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("serializer for %q cannot be created the old way", config.DataFormat)
-	}
-	err := p.InitFromConfig(config)
-
-	return serializer, err
-}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/splunkmetric/splunkmetric.go b/plugins/serializers/splunkmetric/splunkmetric.go
index 4e34ba573..4eb8b982a 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/splunkmetric/splunkmetric.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/splunkmetric/splunkmetric.go
@@ -210,17 +210,8 @@ func verifyValue(v interface{}) (value interface{}, valid bool) {
 
 func init() {
 	serializers.Add("splunkmetric",
-		func() serializers.Serializer {
+		func() telegraf.Serializer {
 			return &Serializer{}
 		},
 	)
 }
-
-// InitFromConfig is a compatibility function to construct the parser the old way
-func (s *Serializer) InitFromConfig(cfg *serializers.Config) error {
-	s.HecRouting = cfg.HecRouting
-	s.MultiMetric = cfg.SplunkmetricMultiMetric
-	s.OmitEventTag = cfg.SplunkmetricOmitEventTag
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/template/template.go b/plugins/serializers/template/template.go
index 0527fd4a9..39ea176e8 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/template/template.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/template/template.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (s *Serializer) SerializeBatch(metrics []telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error) {
 
 func init() {
 	serializers.Add("template",
-		func() serializers.Serializer {
+		func() telegraf.Serializer {
 			return &Serializer{}
 		},
 	)
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront.go b/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront.go
index f38c97589..e326a85d0 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront.go
@@ -189,18 +189,8 @@ func (b *buffer) WriteFloat64(val float64) {
 
 func init() {
 	serializers.Add("wavefront",
-		func() serializers.Serializer {
+		func() telegraf.Serializer {
 			return &Serializer{}
 		},
 	)
 }
-
-// InitFromConfig is a compatibility function to construct the parser the old way
-func (s *Serializer) InitFromConfig(cfg *serializers.Config) error {
-	s.Prefix = cfg.Prefix
-	s.UseStrict = cfg.WavefrontUseStrict
-	s.SourceOverride = cfg.WavefrontSourceOverride
-	s.DisablePrefixConversions = cfg.WavefrontDisablePrefixConversion
-
-	return nil
-}